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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 02-02-2018, 06:05 PM  
Gear P0rn - post it if you got it.
Posted By Swift1
Replies: 9,468
Views: 1,219,646
Went out shooting today with fellow member GerryM. Snapped this pic of our cameras.

Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 10-23-2017, 05:24 AM  
Confessions of a Toy Camera Shooter....Confess Here!
Posted By kyteflyer
Replies: 2,616
Views: 274,483
Throwing one in, because I havent, for a while. This bird is NOT dead. It was sunbathing. Its an unusual behaviour, but maybe not so much since I had a magpie doing the same thing in my back yard last year.
Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 10-22-2017, 07:51 PM  
Please recommend an olympus mirrorless for my wife
Posted By BearCreek
Replies: 22
Views: 1,977
I'll second the Panasonic GX85, I've had mine for almost a year and am very happy with it. The sensor holds its own against my K3, and the 12-32 kit lens has surprisingly good image quality. Also, I dropped the camera onto a concrete sidewalk, it bounced a few times, and it is still going strong. In addition to the Panasonic lenses, I bought a Fotodiox adapter and use it with my collection of Pentax lenses. The in-viewfinder focus peaking is a godsend with my older Pentax manual lenses.
Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 10-25-2017, 10:22 PM  
bought a Olympus Tg-4 for snorkeling
Posted By timautin
Replies: 13
Views: 1,282
A bit late to the party but that may be useful for someone else... I also bought a TG-4 for my girlfriend for a trip in Australia, to go snorkeling at the great barrier reef. Pictures are ok, but after the first session I really wanted to find a case for my K3 (didn't dare to put the K1 underwater...), and I find that dirty cheap one:

https://www.amazon.com/DiCAPac-WP-S10-DSLR-Camera-Waterproof/dp/B00169HXW2?tag=pentaxforums-20&

It worked quite well for me, and the image quality is much better than the TG-4 (which, like others said, is smartphone like, at best).













Be careful to close it well though, I had leaks twice in something like ten snorkeling sessions. Was just a few drops, but still quite worrying for my non-WR FA* 24 attached to the K3... Never swam that fast to go back to the beach :D
Forum: Welcomes and Introductions 09-27-2017, 07:05 PM  
Another Pentax convert, so long Nikon
Posted By zjacreman
Replies: 14
Views: 1,032
Good advice, Bessa-66 :) I have a Helios 44m-5. It's the lens that turned me on Pentax cameras!
Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 09-19-2017, 04:53 AM  
Olympus OMD EM1 mk 1 shutter sticking
Posted By D1N0
Replies: 3
Views: 1,772
It means the sensor is cold so it shutters up. That what you get for shooting Olympus
Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 09-07-2017, 10:07 PM  
Wildlife in front of the full frame
Posted By Ian Stuart Forsyth
Replies: 117
Views: 21,707
The loon



shot with the 150-600 Zoomma sport
Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 05-07-2017, 04:05 AM  
Got Squirrel Shots? (In memorial of Rupert)
Posted By aslyfox
Replies: 3,137
Views: 321,863
sent pm about our opossums vs. those "down under"

not quite the same
Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 05-06-2017, 09:28 PM  
Got Squirrel Shots? (In memorial of Rupert)
Posted By photolady95
Replies: 3,137
Views: 321,863
We have possums here too.
Forum: General Talk 01-15-2017, 05:48 AM  
American Camp Counsellor job
Posted By Perthspartan
Replies: 14
Views: 1,327
Hi James,
I did camp in USA in 89, many moons ago and loved it... I'm from Perth and my camp was in Maine...what do you wanna know?? I lived in NY for almost a year after camp n sold hot dogs LOl (not meant to work but it wasn't a lot of money I was making was more to pass the time as my Misses was working in NY also..
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 01-05-2017, 03:30 PM  
New macro lens :)
Posted By Wild Mark
Replies: 16
Views: 1,794
It is a good lens you have there. Very capable.

My spider shot was taken at f20 using the A*200/4 macro. Any closer and I might get a nasty bite from the 2nd? most venomous spider on the planet (Blue Mountains Funnel Web - male). :)
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 01-05-2017, 08:34 AM  
New macro lens :)
Posted By gaweidert
Replies: 16
Views: 1,794
Depending upon the weather I use a 22" (56cm) Photoflex LIiteDisc round reflector instead of a flash whenever I can. Much softer light. Mine is a good 25+ years old and is showing it's age a bit but still works fine. It is silver on one side and gold on the other if you want warmer light. It collapses into a much smaller 8 1/2 (22cm) inch disc that fits into a pouch for storage. Still available for about $25 US at B&H.
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 01-05-2017, 09:42 AM  
New macro lens :)
Posted By boriscleto
Replies: 16
Views: 1,794
Which is why people put their subjects in the freezer before they shoot them...
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 01-05-2017, 10:05 AM  
New macro lens :)
Posted By marcusBMG
Replies: 16
Views: 1,794
There's loads online about macro - you need to invest in a bit of study. The great innovation that digital has enabled is focus stacking. This web site by PF member Nass has lots of detailed stuff:

Extreme Macro Photography
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 01-05-2017, 02:12 PM  
New macro lens :)
Posted By Wild Mark
Replies: 16
Views: 1,794
I have macro shot showing the DoF challenge. In this case the spider was simply too large to get all the detail in one shot.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 01-05-2017, 04:14 AM  
Macro Cicada
Posted By MarkJerling
Replies: 15
Views: 1,401
One of my favourite bugs!
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 09-04-2016, 07:18 AM  
What camera?
Posted By aleonx3
Replies: 16
Views: 2,028
If I were in your situation, I would be seriously looking at the new k-70 or the k-3 II, both of which have pixel-shift feature great for landscape photography. If you are little tight on the budget, then perhaps, you can consider the k-s2 as alternative to replace your k-x.
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 09-04-2016, 06:33 AM  
What camera?
Posted By pentasonic49
Replies: 16
Views: 2,028
If you stick with Pentax, you already have the 16-45 which is pretty good for landscapes, the wide end is equivalent to 24mm on FF. the K3 or K3 II would be wise choices.
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 08-22-2016, 06:33 PM  
What camera?
Posted By shakereduced
Replies: 16
Views: 2,028
I used to have a K-x and switched to an Olympus micro four thirds in 2013. I also had only a couple Pentax K mount lenses at the time, and much more invested in m42. I really liked my Olympus, but I missed my Pentax much more. So only a few months after selling my K-x (and one K mount lens), I bought back into Pentax. I loved the portability of the Olympus and the color was always spot on, but Pentax IMO had much better controls, and image quality was generally better (I never did get too deep down the rabbit hole of m4/3 lenses though). One of my biggest issues with switching to m4/3 and using my old m42 lenses was the 2x crop factor of the smaller m4/3 sensor. Not even my 20mm was a wide angle on that camera. It took a lot of getting used to my favorite lenses behaving very differently, and that was ultimately the dealbreaker for me. I did keep my Oly for a couple years as a backup camera, but I only used it sparingly. I have tried other mirrorless systems, and I do like Fujis for use with m42 lenses, particularly a small camera with EVF like the XT10, but I still like the Pentax ergonomics, build, and controls more.

Along those lines, one thing to consider regarding the K-3 is that it is a larger and heavier camera than the K-x. When I went back to Pentax, I went with a K-5iis first and I missed the smaller body of the K-x, so I sold that and got a K-01, and then a K-50. If you think you might not like a larger body than the K-x, other cameras to consider would be the K-S2 and K-70. The K-S2 is close in size and weight to the K-x, and the K-70 is close in size (but heavier).
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 08-23-2016, 11:10 AM  
What camera?
Posted By TER-OR
Replies: 16
Views: 2,028
The K3 series is outstanding. You'll like it a lot. There's nothing a mirrorless will bring to the game which the K3 can't do better, except fit in your pocket.

I like the K3II for only one real reason, I can use the GPS and my ring flash very conveniently. I do use GPS for science, tagging images. The K5 with OGPS did fine, but now that I've seen the light (the Sunpak DX-8R ringflash for macro) I'm sold.

I also use the top LCD constantly, rarely ever referencing the in-viewfinder information.

If GPS isn't very important to you, but the pop-up flash is useful, get the K3. Get a sling-strap for comfort and take it everywhere.
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 08-24-2016, 08:54 AM  
What camera?
Posted By pathdoc
Replies: 16
Views: 2,028
This illustrates very clearly the importance of matching your camera purchase to the tasks you expect it to perform, as well as the presence of any other gear you might already own in that system. Out-migration can be expensive, especially if it's to bodies with smaller sensors where a common wide-ish angle lens you made much use of can suddenly find itself behaving like a near-normal or even a mild tele.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 08-23-2016, 03:21 PM  
Pets Chloe
Posted By Adam
Replies: 5
Views: 660
it might be doable using the lasso and brightness tool on the eye. Give it a try!
Forum: Post Your Photos! 08-16-2016, 12:31 PM  
Landscape The shot that almost killed me
Posted By Rimfiredude
Replies: 24
Views: 2,020
I almost went into the lake to get this shot. My arm was black and blue from my wrist to my armpit.

IMGP6563 by teamrimfire, on Flickr
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 08-16-2016, 01:13 AM  
What camera?
Posted By BigMackCam
Replies: 16
Views: 2,028
The K-3 and Olympus mirrorless cameras are very different propositions - both have strengths and weaknesses.

The K-3 is my day-to-day camera and I love it - it's robust, has a large, bright optical viewfinder and a very capable APS-C sensor. The image quality is great, but the in-camera JPEG engine is only good rather than excellent, and I personally feel you need to shoot RAW and do some gentle post-processing in something like Lightroom in order to get the best from it. That post-processing can be largely automated, so this doesn't have to mean a large overhead of your time.

The Olympus mirrorless cameras are small, light, not as robust (in my view) and have micro four thirds sensors. This means that lenses with an equivalent field of view, used at the same apertures, will have greater depth of field. That can be good or bad depending on your creative priorities (how important is shallow depth of field in your photography?). However, there are some nice and pretty fast lenses available, which may make up for that to some extent. The smaller sensor also results in less dynamic range and performance at higher ISOs isn't quite as good. The electronic viewfinder in these cameras is a very different experience to the OVF in a DSLR... it's great for manual focus lenses and for shooting in less than ideal light, but you are seeing an electronic representation of a scene rather than the pure view from an OVF. I have cameras with both types of viewfinder and, again, they both have strengths and weaknesses.

I would pick the K-3 every time, but only you can really decide which is better for you, by looking at what features and capabilities matter most in your photography :)
Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help 08-16-2016, 02:05 AM  
What camera?
Posted By D1N0
Replies: 16
Views: 2,028
For landscape you need resolution, to get out the details. The K-3 II with it's 24mp sensor and pixel shift resolution and astrotracer for night shots would be ideal for that.
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